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1) Cemeteries of Carson City and Carson Valley

Author

Southerland, Cindy

Series

Images of America

Publisher

Arcadia Pub

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

2) Lake Tahoe's rustic architecture

Author

Mires, Peter B

Series

Images of America

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Reference

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"Lake Tahoe is the gem of the Sierra Nevada. Those who visit this beautiful "Lake of the Sky" may share Mark Twain's impression of the place as he camped on its shore in 1861: "As it lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed upon its still surface I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords." Twain's quote, from Roughing It, includes the trinity of Tahoe's landscape--sky, mountains, and lake--that...